Arson Suspect Jailed

A 30-year-old man remained in jail Sunday night on a charge of attempted murder after allegedly trying to burn another man to death in his home, a converted railroad car, police said.

The victim, James M. Rickley, 32, who lived in the railroad car, remained in critical condition Sunday night at Shands Teaching Hospital, a burn treatment unit in Gainesville.

Sheriff`s deputies investigating the fire, deliberately set in 6500 block of Okeechobee Boulevard early Saturday morning, arrested Roy K. Motley, of Haverhill Commons Circle, Saturday at 7:30 p.m., after Rickley identified him as the person who started the fire, according to officials.

Motley is being held in lieu of $10,000 bond in the Palm Beach County Jail.

Deputies said the two men were ``aquaintances`` but did not elaborate.